STATEMENT FROM A.G. SCHNEIDERMAN ON FEDERAL RECALL OF TOYS FOUND BY HIS OFFICE TO CONTAIN HIGH LEVELS OF LEAD

“I applaud the Consumer Product Safety Commission for issuing a national recall of the Cra-Z-Art products containing high lead levels that my office found on store shelves in New York. Manufacturers, importers, distributors, and retailers all have a responsibility to ensure that products intended for use by children are safe. My office’s findings are symptomatic of a potentially larger problem with imported children’s products that still remains to be addressed. For this reason, my office will continue its investigation into how these products breached the safety net that is supposed to protect our kids from exposure to unsafe levels of lead and other dangerous substances. No parents should have to worry that a toy they buy will poison their child.”